Why You Cannot Rank First: Modifications for Benchmarking Six-Degree-of-Freedom Visual Localization Algorithms

Sheng Han, Wei Gao, Zhanyi Hu · 2023

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Benchmarks for visual localization can mislead rankings, Sheng Han, Wei Gao, and Zhanyi Hu argue in a 2023 paper. Robust, precise localization over long periods is a formidable challenge in spatial vision. Appearance changes with seasons and lighting, from dawn to night, and more datasets have emerged to test systems under those shifts, promoting progress for vehicles and handheld devices alike.

The manuscript aims to rectify limitations of the current public benchmark for long-term visual localization. That applies especially to the autonomous vehicle challenge. Vehicle data sets come from multi-camera rigs with fixed calibration and serialized image sequences, facts the benchmark should respect. Several modifications are proposed to make evaluation more rational and comprehensive. Readers get a fairer yardstick for six-degree-of-freedom localization.

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CREATORSheng Han, Wei Gao, Zhanyi Hu
YEAR2023
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE49 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC10708860

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